ECE 6760

Memory Technologies and Memory-Centric Computing

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025.

The first half of this course will cover semiconductor memory technologies including SRAM, DRAM/eDRAM, and embedded non-volatile memories (RRAM, ferroelectric RAM, etc.). The lectures will encompass bitcell designs, array architecture, peripheral circuits, scaling trend, and target applications. The second half of this course will teach memory-centric computing, including SRAM/eDRAM/eNVM-based compute-in-memory designs and DRAM-based processing-in-memory designs, which have been demonstrated in both academia and industry in recent years.

When Offered Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Cornell Tech students.

• Students will identify different memory technologies and corresponding applications.
• Students will demontstrate how to design memory bitcells and arrays, with an understanding on the trade-off of density, power, noise margin, reliability, etc.
• Students will demonstrate SRAM-based compute-in-memory and DRAM-based processing-in-memory designs, which emerged as energy-efficient solutions for AI hardware.

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